With grace and wit, America's foremost economist examines the boom-and-bust that led to the stock market crash of 1929. Economic writings are rarely notable for their entertainment value, but this widely admired best-seller is the...
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History
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Auteur:Galbraith, John KennethSommaire: - Auteur:Galbraith, James K.Sommaire:
The years since the Great Crisis of 2008 have seen slow growth, high unemployment, falling home values, chronic deficits, a deepening disaster in Europe-and a stale argument between two false solutions, 'austerity' on one side and '...
- Auteur:Maick, Jeff G.Sommaire:
Jeff Madrick, a former columnist for The New York Times, is an economics columnist for Harper's, a regular contributor to The New York Review of Books, and editor of Challenge Magazine. He is visiting professor of humanities at The...
- Auteur:Bruland, Kristine, Gerritsen, Anne, Hudson, Pat, Riello, GiorgioSommaire:
The Industrial Revolution is central to the teaching of economic history. It has also been key to historical research on the commercial expansion of Western Europe, the rise of factories, coal and iron production, the proletarianization...
- Auteur:Oluo, IjeomaSommaire:
Ijeoma Oluo investigates the real costs and the subversive history of white male American identity in order to find a way it can be reimagined, one free from racism, sexism, and oppression.
- Auteur:Kudlow, LawrenceSommaire:
The little-known story of how JFK pioneered supply-side economics Who invented supply-side economics-the idea that cutting tax rates can result in more growth, more prosperity at all income levels, and even more tax revenue flowing into...
- Auteur:Goodman, Peter S.Sommaire:
Journalist Peter S. Goodman profiles five representative members of the billionaire class and chronicles how their exploitation of Covid-19 has hastened a fifty-year trend of wealth centralization.
- Auteur:Piketty, ThomasSommaire:
Thomas Piketty exposes the ideas that have sustained inequality for the past millennium, reveals why the shallow politics of right and left are failing us today, and outlines the structure of a fairer economic system.
